Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition Releasing on 19th June in North America

Just a couple weeks ago, we reported that the Super Nintendo classic Another World (initially known in North America as Out of This World) would be coming to Wii U and 3DS as Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition. Now, it appears we can confirm the title's release date as 19th June on Wii U eShop thanks to this handy screenshot (which also helpfully highlights How to Survive and Color Zen Kids as titles releasing on the same day):

For those not in the know, Delphine Software's Another World is a "cinematic" action-platformer focusing on a young scientist named Lester who — after an experiment gone disastrously wrong — must fight to stay alive in a bizarre alien world. The game had stunningly smooth animation for the time of its original release, perhaps most notably comparable to the fluid acrobatics of Prince of Persia and was celebrated for its film-esque qualities not at all common for video games of the era. Obviously enough based on the title, 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the game, and as such the game has received some amazing HD upgrades to further immerse players into the experience.

Were you a fan of the original Another World when it came to Earth way back in 1994? Are you looking forward to avoiding the alien menace when it comes to the eShop on 19th June? Tell us about your otherworldly experiences in the comments!

An unabashed Japanophile and lover of all things Nintendo, Jowi prides himself on his ability to find even the most minute details of The Legend of Zelda culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant.

Looking forward to download it! It's such a great, great game. I was fortunate enough to play this originally on the SNES and I still remember that playthrough. Even if I got stuck on several parts of the game due to it's difficulty (and because I was like, 8 years old, haha)

@HaThready quite short, but if you go into it without a walkthrough or something you'll get a lot out of it.

I wish Flashback's latest version had been treated with the same amount of love and respect as this clearly has been. Instead, the Flashback name was slapped onto a very different, very terrible "remake".

I played about 15 minutes of the original and while clearly a well-made game, it was a bit too slow and methodical for my tastes. I did own and complete Heart of Darkness (spiritual successor to this game), which was a brilliant yet tedious experience. Still, I am happy for those who will enjoy this game.

Great game that I never managed to finish back in the day,I bought it for my S4 last week and although the controls aren't ideal,it looks fantastic.It's cool how you can switch between the new and old style with a swipe of the screen.

I first learned of this game when it was made available on Google Play. It sounded interesting but not enough to want to spend time playing it on my phone. I do plan on purchasing it for my Wii U, though. The interest is still there.

But, like sinalefa, this is a game celebrating 20 years and I've only recently heard of it.

@HylianJowi It's already bad enough that people start using the word "release" wrong more and more, but please, you editors don't have to pick this up.A game IS released. It doesn't release on its own.

Yep, I loved the original game AND the first release of this 20th Anniversary Edition when it released with surprisingly decent touchscreen controls on the iOS App Store a couple of years back. Hoping for a speedy EU release, and when it does, I'll be grabbing this badboy again for both my Wii U and PS Vita - yes, it's that good. Four times the fun!

anybody else in NA tried to find it on the eshop and see it described as: 10 mini-games with 100 levels, showing what retro computer games were like? or something like that? the lat time i played it i was a kid so this is a wrong desription right? i thought i remembered it as something else that i really liked. not mini-games.